Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-01-29
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
vKRDIs NEW oPERA-"RUDDYGoRE's" POOR SUCCESS
NEXT SEASONS BooTlf-BARRETT TOUR

vERDIs NEW oPERA-"RUpDYGoREis" POOR SUCCESS
NEXT SEASONS BooTi-BARRETT TOUR.
All musical Europe is said to be on the q,si
rfte over Verps new opera OF 'NOtello" which will
be produced for the first time at La Scala, Milan.
tomorrow night. Verdi has invented some new
Among them are violins with f1ve strings, gigan-
Ic nute which Is pitched two octayes below those
10 present use, and an entirely new instrument,
groan when OtheHo smothers Desden1ono. Seats
or tne 1rst performances sold at fabulous prices,
Orcnestra stalls at 800 to $50, while the best
boxes nave fetched at auction 5000
Miss Marguerite SaxtOn, OF this CITY, late with
the Marie Prescott company, has accepted lin
ited engagement with George C. Min to play
leading heavy roles.
A young composer, Franz sarosi, has written
new opera, ''The Last OF the Abencerrages,"
which was produced recently at the Grand opera
House, vienna. The work has been favorably re-
ceived, and bids fair to become great success
Fred. Warde begins weeks engagement on
Monday night at Hopkinsville, KY. The town has
population Of 5000 or 10000, and Is usually
locked upon with awe even as a One-night stand;
but the owner OF its only theater is a rich man,
have a dramatic festival ali to itself The affair
has been worked up for several months past. Mr..
Warde receives large certainty. The bill will be
changed every night.
Evans and Hoey, the original pair OF gro
tesques who have made such success OF "A
ParlOr Match" will 1naugurate "a Reign OF Ter
ror" at the New York Bjou early In the summer
season. That is the name Of new piece by
Charlie HOyt.
Nat Goodwin's Prince Lorenso seen for the
first time in New York in the Bijou opera house
production of ''The Mascotte," on Monday night,
is said to be wickedly funny. AS BeUtnd, Lille
Grub is represented TO have created small-Stzed
furore.
Miss Rose Coghlan has added "Masks and
Faces" to her repertory. Her impersonation Of
HOiiDNLOn is HIGHLY " ChcaO0
critics. This is the play which Miss Helen Dau-
vray has selected to replace Bronson Towards
Monday night.
u. II. Gilmour, late leading man with Miss
Lillian Olcott, WILL it is said, take similar posi-
ton in Mime. Modjeska's company next year. Hor-
ace Vlnton has taken GilmOurs place with Lillian
Olcott.
George Riddle will make his appearance at the
Hollis street theater, Boston, on Easter Monday,
in Edgar Fawcett's rhymed play, '9The Earl" The
plot is based on incidents of the time Of King
James II. and, OF course, is very romantic. 1t Is
hardly possible that the present generation will
take kindly 10 play In verse, for OF late the de-
mand has been almost exclusively for dramas
that possessed neither rhyme nor reason and the
supply OF them has been abundant.
- Mrs. Lucy II. Hooper says the latest colossal
failure at the theaters in Paris is lies Grenadiers
de Mont Corvette" the new opera boune by Le-
coco, which has just been brought out at the
Bou1feS ParSiens. 1t is a curious fact that not a
Single opefeCIa mas proved success In Paris this
season.
- Dellingers opera of "Iorraine" seems to be a
decided success in Philadelphia, where of Col.
McCaulfs troupeS continue give it to good busi-
ness.
Mime. Riston is said to have finally decided
never again to appear on the stage in Paris
Sydney ROsentield has secured Frank K Stock
tons permission to construct a librettO for a
light opera from the story of 1.-THE Lady or the
Tiger?'
The comparative failure in London Of "Rud-
dygore, Gilbert and Sullivan's latest has caused
CONSERVATION in the comic opera camps OF Nc
Caull and Stetson, who paid heavily for the right
Oh producing the work outside OF New York, the
latter In New England, and the former in the rest
OF the country. These managers will, however,
go aheaQ with their preparations and bring out
the new opera at the advertised time They re-
ceived the score and librettO this week and have
already pitched in. "RuddygOre" Will doubtless
prove paying attraction for few weeks anyway.
The National Opera company means to signal
lie its engagement at the Metropolitan Opera
house in February by great spectacular produc-
ton OF Rubinsteins "NerO" which ran for 30
nights when first sung at Hamburg. The cast to be
given the work by the National company will, 1t is
said, embrace nearly every one OF its principal
artists. :.
Mr.. Richard Mansfield is playing his third en-
gagement in Chicago this week with "Prince
Karl" Mansf1eld'S personal cleverness is clearly
shown by his remarkable success with so poor
y,
GLIDING two new comedies.
Mime. Janauschek has had so much bad luck
OF late years that She seems disposed to propi-
tate the rateS. She recently refused to occupy
room No. IA in an Indianapolis hotel.
- Mr.. Louis James Virginius was we'll received
by the Boston critics as a rule, though, of course
they find defects in il which they do not hesitate
TO point out. All the papers devoted good deal Of
space TO notice OF Mr.. James first appearance in
That city as a star at the Globe theater Monday
night. Mr.. James has added 'Ingomar" to his
repertOry.
An event that will be long remembered in the
atrical history will be the Joint tour of Edwin
Booth and Lawrence Barrett next season. 1t will
begin early In October and extend over 200 nights
"A writer in the Musical Herald hits the nail
squarely on the head in the following expression
OF opinion: ''The world needs composer who
shall combine the Orchestratfon OF Wagner with
the melodies OF Schubert, one in whom the cul-
tured and uneducated can take delight, and then
there will no longer be class OF music for mu-
s1cianS and another for the world at large"
Miss Agnes Huntington, the charming con-
tralto, late Of the Boston Ideals, was given a
grand benefit at Minneapolis on Monday night
At Thirty.